Vehicle bumper



H. D. NTERMAN.

VEHICLE BUMPER.

APPLICATION FILED IUNEG, I92I.

Patented Mar. M, 1922.

HENRY D. NATERMAN, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA', ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 :FRANK E. WINSHIP,

0F RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

A .vnHroL'E BUMPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

application mea June e,

Iy invention relates to vehicle bumpers,

particularly adapted to be secured tothe body of an automobile' and to project lforward therefrom, in order to protect the vehicle from damage when striking against` another object, as well as to'preventpersons from becoming entangled in the wheels and working mechanism ofv the vehicle when struck by the same. i y

The object of my invention is to provide a bumper of a resilient nature which will K be simple of construction and which may be readily applied 4to the lvehicle, said bumper bein adapted to yield'rand cush'ionn e ect when it comes in Contact with anot er object; thus affording protection to the `vehicle and to the occupants thereof against shock, as well as minimizing the blow and shock sustained b'y a person who may be struck thereby.

Another object ofmy invention is to provide a bumper which will readily resume its normal position after'being relieved of the pressure incidental to its coming in Contact with an object.

Otherobjects will be more fully disclosed in the following description, will be pointed out in the claims, and will be embodied in the accompanying drawings, in which: F ig. 1 is a plan View of my bumper device.

Fig. 2 is a frontview of the same.

dg. 3 is an enlarged transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View illustrating one method of joining the ends of the continuous cable to form the band comprising one element of my invention.

In carrying out my invention l0 sents a `bow member which is preferably formed of spring strap metal and is adapted to be secured to the front of'a vehicle (not Shown) by means of the cleats 11 of any desired construction. The cleats '11j are spaced suitably apart and are secured to the repreit known that I, HENRY D. NATERMAN,

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Patented Mai'. 14, 1922. 1921. Serial No. 475,255.

straight art 12.0f the bow as shown in Flg. l. '1gb hooks 15 and 16.

A flexible band 17. of a wire cable or-hemp rope, is adapted to pass over the hooks 15 and 16 anduto be stretched taut` by means of the resilient bow of the cable into a sleeve 18 as clearly shown in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings.

y' the foregoing recited construction .it will be seen that the flexible band 17 is arran ed forward of the bow member-,10,

and W en it comes in contact with'any object A it will yield rearwardly against the resilient actionof the bow ends 13 and 14.-, thus forming' an efficient cushion to absorb the shock, thus reducing to a minimum, damage both to the object encountered and-to the vehicle. If either of the ends of the bow 15er 16 encounters the '.object, the encounteringend will yield rearwardly and theopposite end will he drawn forwardly to divide the strain, and when the pressure is released from the bumperall of the elements will immediately resume a normal 1position. By arranging the bumper, with respect to the vehicle, so that the ends 13 and 14 of member 10 curve outwardly, it will. be seen that all l'danger of these ends becoming hooked into an obi, ject will be obviated. v

What I claim is:

l. A vehicle bumper, com rising a resilient bow member having a flxible endless. band member attached thereto and stretched between its ends.

2. A vehiclebumper, comprisinv a resilient bow member formed with 'a h oo -on each a exible endless band member passing over said` hooks and disposed. between said hooks.

3. A vehicle bumper,comprising a resilient bow member, having an endless cable` stretched between its ends, andv means for securing said bow'memberA to a vehicle.

In' wltness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namefthi's 4th" day of May, 1921. I

'l rLfDINA'TRMAN.

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